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Vegia Cheek 1913 - 1976

Vegia Cheek of McKinney, Collin County, Texas was born on October 12, 1913, and died at age 62 years old in March 1976.
Vegia Cheek
McKinney, Collin County, Texas 75069
October 12, 1913
March 1976
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    1913

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    October 12, 1913
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  • 03/dd
    1976

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    March 1976
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    Vegia Cheek lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 62.
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In 1913, in the year that Vegia Cheek was born, the 17th Amendment, establishing the direct election of U.S. Senators, was adopted. Previously, Senators were elected by state legislatures. As early as 1826, a call to elect senators through popular vote was championed and previous to the 17th amendment, two states had already changed their process. Governors are still able to appoint senators to vacant seats until an election can be held.
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In 1925, when this person was merely 12 years old, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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